7-1-08 part 2

The rage tonight has to do with a woman who died on a hospital floor in Brooklyn, I think. I'm not sure of the town. Somewhere in NYC. The woman lies on the floor in the waiting room for a time and finally, a nurse shows up. Th nurse is on record kicking or nudging the body with her foot efore she realizes the woman is unresponsive. I've heard descriptions of the video and thus far, have seen snippets, but I have yet to see the entire thing.

A few points come to mindbefore I view it and I reserve the right to change my mind after viewing the whole tape. I just do.

What comes to mind:

1.) It's a city hospital E.R. High volume and large homeless population should immediately come into play. The homeless are used to sleeping on the floor.
2.) The woman is dressed in a nightgown. That would indicate that she came after or around the time she was ready for bed.
3.) She lays on the floor which is surprisingly common. Night shift, nightgown, city ER and lieing on the floor.
4.) We have no idea what she went to the hospital for in the first place, although there's discussion that it was for some unknown psychiatric reason.
5.) Way too often, people show up in the ED for dumb shit while they're high or drunk and it's not uncommon for them to fall asleep. It's more comfortable doing that while in an air conditioned waiting room than it would be on a park bench in the muggy outside air. The kicking or nudging might seem over the top but maybe not if the person stunk like an animal or maybe urine and feces.
6.) Despite the fact it's not necessarily "professional", it's basically human. Someone on the floor, semingly asleep or unconscious - it's not outside the realm of possibilities that she would get a "kick" to the legs, that is having someone use their foot to shake the person on the floor rather than bending at the knees to shake them.

Anyway, I need to see the whole clip and after I do, I can make a much more informed opinion on the whole situation. It seems like I always do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOCpOZ4txvs